Choe, So-Hui published the artcileEffect of nifedipine, a calcium channel blocker, on the generation of nitric oxide and interleukin-1β by murine macrophages activated by lipopolysaccharide from Prevotella intermedia, Related Products of pyridine-derivatives, the main research area is calcium blockeron nitric oxide interleukin 1 beta lipopolysaccharide; Interleukin-1β; Lipopolysaccharide; Nifedipine; Nitric oxide; Periodontal disease.
The current study was undertaken to explore the influence of nifedipine on the generation of proinflammatory mediators by murine macrophages activated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) prepared from Prevotella intermedia, a putative periodontal pathogen, and associated mechanisms of action as well. Real-time PCR and immunoblotting were conducted to quantify mRNA and protein expression, resp. NF-κB-dependent secreted embryonic alk. phosphatase (SEAP) levels were estimated by reporter assay. Nifedipine markedly suppressed the generation of iNOS-derived NO and IL-1β together with their mRNA expressions in murine macrophages activated by P. intermedia LPS. LPS-stimulated cells exposed to nifedipine notably increased the mRNA levels of Arg-1, Ym-1, FIZZ1, and TGF-β, which are typical markers for M2 macrophage polarization. Nifedipine induced HO-1 at both gene and protein levels in cells challenged with P. intermedia LPS, and the nifedipine-mediated inhibition of NO generation was significantly abrogated by adding SnPP, an HO-1 inhibitor. Nifedipine inhibited LPS-evoked generation of NO and IL-1β in a PPAR-γ-independent manner. Nifedipine is an inhibitor of P. intermedia LPS-evoked production of NO and IL-1β in murine macrophages and encourages macrophage polarization toward the M2 phenotype. Nifedipine possibly has potential to be used for host modulation of periodontal disease and is worth being further researched.
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology published new progress about Antigens, LyM-1 Role: BSU (Biological Study, Unclassified), BIOL (Biological Study). 21829-25-4 belongs to class pyridine-derivatives, name is Dimethyl 2,6-dimethyl-4-(2-nitrophenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate, and the molecular formula is C17H18N2O6, Related Products of pyridine-derivatives.